Raffi M.. I read ur line about the wrath, and I thought I'd log before it makes its way to me.. hehehe :) Like Arsineh said, the April 24th events are overwhelming here. Although some efforts have been made to unite some of the major events this year, I don't know how successful that's going to be, since there are a million different events (perhaps it is some sort of symbolism?). I'll be taking my kids to several of the events this week.... starting on Monday and ending on Sunday. Tomorrow we'll be attending an assembly organized by the Glendale School Board, for all the public schools. Actually the event is organized by all the Armenian Clubs at the different schools in the district, and we will be taking our AYF kids too... since they are students of the district. Wednesday night we will be going to a Rally organized by the ARF Shant Student Association, and of course Thursday we are taking 2 bus loads of kids and parents to various marches, ending with the protest in front of the Turkish Consulate. Friday we're going to have singing practice, and on Sunday my kids will perform 2 songs at a commemorative evening in our own community at the Sisters' Academy.

That pretty much raps up my week... In the mean time, I have been working on a couple of different projects. Last year and this year, as advisors for our youth group, we made up form letters for each child who attends a public school so that the parents can send that letter to the office of their school, explaining why their child is not in school on April 24th. (This is where being familiar with Word-Excel comes in VERY handy and saves us lots of time)... so Arsineh you're definitely right about Hye Tad and technology! Now, each principal will receive several letters from students telling them about the Genocide and the importance of remembering.

While some people in the community are busy thinking of new ways to further our cause, and most importantly introduce our story to others.. there are others whose only purpose in life is.... well... "TSEV" (and I don't quite know how to that would translate to English). You will see what I mean if you attend some of these events I spoke about or listed at Genocide Events. Just the other day, a young 19 year old was boasting about how he had to pre-order an enormous Armenian flag months before April, so that on April 24th he can drive around with the flag taped onto his car. And I smiled (sarcastically) and asked him, "Why?"....he shrugged. I didn't have the energy. I thought maybe a few years down the line, he'll think back and realize how there was no point to what he and his friends did.

Anyways, other than that... I'm going to be 23 on Tuesday... and I can't quite believe that i'm THISSSSS old. I used to look at 23 year olds, and think "wow, that's old". hahaha... funny! I'm just counting down the days till I go to Hayasdan.

TSUH! :)~